Zoe the Skating Fairy

The Sporty Fairies #3

by Daisy Meadows

Everyone in Fairyland is preparing for the Fairy Olympics, but Jack Frost and his goblins have stolen the magic sporty items so they can win by cheating! Zoe the Skating Fairy knows that without her Magic Lace all types of skating will go really badly.

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fairies, Chapter Books, Magic, Faith, Sports

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

Daisy Meadows is the pseudonym used for the four writers of the Rainbow Magic children's series: Narinder Dhami, Sue Bentley, Linda Chapman, and Sue Mongredien. Rainbow Magic features differing groups of fairies as main characters, including the Jewel fairies, Weather fairies, Pet fairies, Petal fairies, and Sporty fairies.

Narinder Dhami was born in Wolverhampton, England on November 15, 1958. She received a degree in English from Birmingham University in 1980. After having taught in primary and secondary schools for several years she began to write full-time. Dhami has published many retellings of popular Disney stories and wrote the Animal Stars and Babes series, the latter about young British girls of Asian origin. She lives in Cambridge, England with her husband and cats.

Sue Bentley was born in Northampton, England. She worked in a library after completing her education and began writing for children once her own began school. Bentley is the author of the Magic Kitten, Magic Puppy, and S Club series and lives in Northamptonshire.

Linda Chapman has written over 50 children's fiction books, including the following series: My Secret Unicorn, Stardust, Not Quite a Mermaid, and Unicorn School. She lives in Leicestershire with her husband and daughters.

Sue Mongredien was born in 1970 and grew up in Nottingham, England. She has published over 100 children's books, including the following series: The Adventures of Captain Pugwash, The Magic Key, Frightful Families, and Oliver Moon. She has also contributed many titles to the Sleepover Club series and written picture books. Mongredien created the Royal Ballet School Diaries under the pen name Alexandra Moss. She lives with her family in Bath, England.

Reviews

[Zoë]

The fairy shares my name, so I had to read it. It's the law.

[zoë · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the zoe rep as a kid but seriously the skating fairy...

[Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first fairy book I ever read! I don't enjoy the series much now- way too easy- but I was obsessed when I was six years old.
If you know any young girl and have to get her a present, I highly reccomend these books.

[The Dragon Den Book Blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy Meadows and her fairies are my childhood. I collected so many in my youth, knowing all the fairies and their importance, and sticking with the two special girls who go to be a part of the magic.
Years ago I had to give my beautiful collection away, now still part of my childhood school where little girls are picking their favourite fairies and playing pretend. It's fun to hear stories from my old teachers telling me how over the years so many students have grabbed these books and fallen in love with the tales of two girls, Jack Frost and the fabulous glittering magic that is the fairies.
On Christmas last year, my sister surprised me with a boxset of these books, but cause you cannot collect these darlings as easily anymore. I was over the moon!
If anyone has a little one who needs a little magic in their life, wants to read and needs a big creation to be hooked on...it is Daisy Meadows!

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Sporty Fairies (U.S name: Sports Fairies) are the 9th series. The Sporty Fairies are responsible for making sure that everyone in fairy land and the human world have fun playing sports. They each have a magic item (related to their sport) and when the goblins steal them this makes sports more difficult for everyone. Not good when the Fairyland Olympics are due to start and kids everywhere are on school holidays.

There are seven Sporty fairies and they are: Helena the Horseriding Fairy, Francesca the Football Fairy, Zoe the Skating Fairy, Naomi the Netball Fairy, Samantha the Swimming Fairy, Alice the Tennis Fairy and Gemma the Gymnastics Fairy.

Action takes place around Tippington Town with Kirsty staying with Rachel.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy, exciting and magical read.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zoe is greek for life
Skating is death by boredom for sports viewers
So there is a kind of synchronism here

[Natali]

Read dozens of these to my daughters. You can finish them in 1-2 days. They’re formulaic but the kids still love them.

[Nicholas Frye · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG I FLIPIN LOVE THESE BOOKS KIRSTY AND RACHEL SLAG AND I HAVE 42 OF THESE AT HOME. I LOVVVEEEE FARIES SO MUCH OMG.

[Lihasa Devundarage · Rating 5 out of 5]

Because I like skating .

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sparkly & sweet

[Rommel Sison]

6-year-old daughter: 5 stars
5-year-old daughter: 4 stars

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my first foray into the seemingly wildly popular Magic Rainbow Fairy (or some similar combination of these terms) series. I don't want to be too harsh on this book, but...It was fairly suspense and enjoyment free. Not to give away a spoiler but a major plot development hinged on a late in the book rule "clarification" by Zoe, the needlessly midriff-bearing eponymous fairy about the magical properties of size-changing spells. With magic like this, there is little suspense remaining as to who will win this battle between Team Fairy and Team Goblin, who clearly did not bring their A-team. The appeal of this book? maybe its tightly (in the chronological sense) plotted action that felt like it developed in real time during the few minutes it took to get through the book. There were also plentiful funny images of Team Goblin which were a highlight for me. So, a quick and easy read, but fairly low on the literary merit scale.
Positives: multiple mentions of the importance of safety gear when skating; pivotal role of doughnuts in the resolution of the plot.
Negatives: Just not very good.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book of seven in the Sports Fairies series by the group of authors who go by the name Daisy Meadows. It's a fun series, especially for young girls who are starting to read chapter books. Our oldest is addicted and will often read several in one day! This series has a sports theme and I like that it encourages girls to be active and try new sports.

I have read so many of these books that I must admit I've become immune to their silliness. I love that I can read them after she does and discuss the plots and her thoughts about the story and about what will happen next in the series. We will certainly read more of these books as long as they are still being written. I will always be thankful that this is one series that helped her to develop a love for reading.

May 2012 update: our youngest is now immersing herself in this series and is reading them very quickly, too. As inane as I thought they were, I love that this series is making readers of our girls. Hooray!

[Cecelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rachel and Kristy go to a roller skating rink. There, they find Zoe the Skating Fairy. She's missing her magical skate lace. They find a group of boys who are skating really well. Then, Kristy notices that they are goblins because she sees their green noses. The goblins have the skating lace. They're practicing for the skating relay in the Fairy Olympics. They're using the lace as the baton to pass to each other. Kristy comes up with a plan. Rachel eats a donut from the donut stand and shows the goblin. He goes to get his own donut and Zoe makes Kristy look like a goblin so she can take the goblins place and grab the magic lace. Kristy gets the lace and skates away with it. The goblins were surrounding her when they noticed it was Kristy. Zoe quickly turns her into a fairy so she can fly away from them.

[Lark]

ok, let me just start off by saying.. ZOE THE SKATING FAIRY IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE BEST FAIRY IN ALL OF THE RAINBOW MAGIC FAIRY BOOKS EVER!!!!!! ok now that I got that off my chest.... yeah ok Zoe is really cool, and I'm not just saying that because her name is Zoe... she is really great and yup that pretty much sums up the whole book.

[Maisie · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books are beyond simple and easy, but the girls are obsessed with them. My kindergartner is now having me read them to her, because the older girls keep talking about them. They've really given the girls something easy to read, and they've brought the characters into their imaginative play.

[Anya Gupta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it when Rachel bought a yummy doughnut and went close to one of the four goblins to attract him to the smell so that Kirsty can take the goblin's spot so that other goblins would pass her Zoe's magic lace.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute books but so predictable, especially after you’ve read two! By the third, my daughter sighed and put the book down saying “I can guess exactly what’s going to happen... I think I’m bored of these books.”

[Sonia · Rating 3 out of 5]

i read this book when i was 7 years old. It was ok but now i think it is too easy for me

[Mackenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is the best book, like the others ones I've read. I want to read them all.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zoe the skating fairy lost her magic lace and Rachel and Kirsty helped her find it.

[Amanda Litwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great

[Makayla Partin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to reread this book 5 times because I kept losing my place and I don't have any time to read in class because my teacher doesn't give us much time to read. But over all I was a good book

[Alexis Allinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still enjoying this little series of books with my six year old.

[Cmfzebra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it because the girl changed to fairy sized.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Skate-tastic